* "Large enough" means "Your fines are large enough to make you feel some pain from your mis-deeds."* "Small enough" refers to the fact that the steeper the penalty, the more the temptation to try to get out of it by rebelling. It's a cost-benefit decision: if the penalty is too steep, the benefits gained (the Esspies get some of the benefit of the sale of the "shovels") no longer outweigh the costs (Murtaugh's "cut"). With a less steep penalty, the costs of a rebellion (military expense and the risks of possible failure) outweigh the benefits (a relatively merciful settlement).

That depends on if you're talking about fines or profits.

If they're talking fines, then your reading is correct, but I read it as applying to profits, in which case it's backwards.

--FreeFlier

*nods* Whereas I read large and small in relation to Murtaugh's "cut"--basically, a fine or penalty taken from what they could have made from the sale of shovels.

On second thought, it is applying to fines. The Unnamed Espee refers to Murtagh's cut of the shovel sales.

In 2017-04-05, the brown one is identified as Hazz. But previously in 2017-03-23, the green one is identified and responds as Hazz. Hazz continues to be brown on 2017-04-02, so 2-1 suggests Hazz is the brown. Hazz seems to consistently have two sets of whiskers in all cases.

Meanwhile, in 2017-03-24, the brown is now identified as Putzho, while in 2017-04-03, the green is identified as Putzho. Putzho always has one set of whiskers.

Minor nitpick.Food "calories" are actually kilocalories.A one-"calorie" beverage has 1,000 calories in it.And a 500 calorie hamburger would probably be cardboard, whereas a 500 "calorie" or 500 kilocalorie hamburger sounds pretty good right now.So, off by a factor of 3.